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Pre-reading Activities

Induction 2

• Adonis (Wikipedia)
• Adonis (Britannica)
• Adonis (Mythopedia)
• Aphrodite (Wikopedia)
• Io (Wikopedia)
• Io (Britannica)
• Daphne (Wikipedia)
• Daphne (Mythopedia)

Scene-by-scene Activities

Act 1, Scene 1

Extension Task 1

• Commedia dell’arte (Britannica)

Extension Task 2

• Taming of the Shrew Podcast (University of Oxford Podcasts)

Act 2, Scene 1

Task 7 – The Wooing

Task 8 – Form: Stichomythia

• Stichomythia (Merriam Webster Dictionary)

Act 3, Scene 2

Extension Task 1

• The Taming of the Shrew (ERA)

Act 4, Scene 2

Extension Task 1

• Ars Amatoria (Wikipedia)
• Ovid (Britannica)
• Ovid (Poetry in Translation)

Looking Back at Act 4

Extension Task 2

• Food in Shakespeare (Atlas Obscura)
• Food, feast and fast (Crossref-it)
• Food & Drink in the Elizabethan Era (World History Encyclopedia)
• Elizabethan Food (Elizabethi.org)
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• Beliefs and superstitions in Shakespeare’s England (BBC Bitesize)

Looking Back at Act 5

Task 2 – Comparing A Shrew and The Shrew

• Whole text of The Taming of the Shrew (Internet Archive)

Post-reading Activities

Themes: Romance and Marriage

Extension Task 2

• Marriage in Shakespeare’s day (Crossref-it)

Use of Settings

Task 1

• The world of Italy in Shakespeare's comedies (Folger Shakespeare Library)

Attitudes and Values: Attitudes to the Female Voice

Task 1 – Women’s Voices and the Devil

• Woman's Tongue - Folk-lore of Women by T.F. Thistelton-Dyer (No Ma'am Blogspot)

Critical Reception

Task 1

• William Hazlitt - Characters of Shakespeare's Plays (Lyrics.az)

Performance History

Task 1

• The Taming of the Shrew: Productions (Shakespeare's Globe)
• The Taming of the Shrew (RSC)
• The Taming of the Shrew Stage History (RSC)
• The Taming of the Shrew in performance (Wikipedia)
• Performances of The Taming of the Shrew (Crossref-it)
• The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare's Staging)

Task 2

• The Taming of the Shrew review (London Theatre)
• The Taming of the Shrew review (Whats On Stage)
• Review: The RSC's gender-switched Taming of the Shrew is richly rewarding (Warwickshire World)
• The Taming of the Shrew review (British Theatre Guide)

Further Reading (to be used for research tasks)

• Taming of the Shrew Podcast (University of Oxford Podcasts)
• A Modern Perspective: The Taming of the Shrew (Folger Shakespeare Library)
• Shakespeare's Globe website
• RSC website
• Shakespeare's theatre (Folger Shakespeare Library)
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• Dates and Sources (RSC)
• Historical Background of the Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare Comes Alive Blog)
• Leisure, the Theatre, and Pastimes in Elizabethan England (Revision World)
• Popular culture in Elizabethan England (BBC Bitesize)
• Clothes in the Elizabethan Era (World History)
• Elizabethan sumptuary laws (Shakespeare's Globe)
• Clothes and clothing (Crossref-it)
• Social status – gender roles and class (Crossref-it)
• Christian Wedding Ceremony Script (AMM)
• Paul the Apostle and women (Wikipedia)
• Main Features of Shakespearean Comedy (Literature Analysis)
• Setting of the Play (RSC)
• The office and duetie of an husband (University of Michigan Library)
• A merry Ieste of a shrewde and curst Wyfe (Luminarium)
• Commedia dell'arte (Britannica)
• Comedy (Britannica)
• Great chain of being (Wikipedia)
• Scold’s Bridle (All That's Interesting)
• Crime and punishment in early modern Britain, c.1500-c.1750 (BBC Bitesize)

Teacher’s Notes and Indicative Content

• Food, feast and fast (Crossref-it)
• Swan Theatre (Wikipedia)
• Globe Theatre (Wikipedia)